Feng JianMei, forced to have an abortion at seven
months in 2012. Wikipedia.
Here are two recent headlines:
“China hospital lambasted for anti-abortion slogans accusing mums of producing unruly kids”
“‘Educational’ signs in a hospital slam mothers who terminate their pregnancies of ‘unwholesome deeds’ which damage male family line
A hospital in China has sparked outrage with anti-abortion slogans which claim women who terminate their pregnancies damage any future family they may have.
The slogans, which read “abortion harms the vitality of the male’s family” and “mothers who have had abortions tend to have rebellious children” have cause widespread anger. They appeared at Heyuan Youhao Hospital in Heyuan, in Guangdong province, southern China, where anti-abortion promotional boards were displayed in the waiting area as part of a “Family Education Public Welfare Exhibition”.
China: Earlier policies
Abortion is still a tool of Chinese state policy, this time to encourage more births, 13 October 2021.
Exploring women’s decisions about childbearing after the lifting of the one-child policy, by Eileen Wang, Therese Hesketh. Culture, Health & Sexuality 2018;20(11):1230-43
Jiangxi province has restricted abortion after the 14th week of pregnancy because of the sex ratio imbalance. SOURCES: ecns.cn, 25 June 2018 ; en.people.cn, 23 June 2018
And looking back only a few years earlier than these, see also:
-How China’s one-child policy led to forced abortions, 30 million bachelors. National Public Radio, 1 February 2016
–https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-may-2-2019-1.5118724/china-s-one-child-policy-was-enforced-through-abortion-and-sterilization-says-documentary-director-1.5118738
SOURCE: SCMP, by Yating Yangin, 13 January 2025